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October 17, 2017 16:15

• Resort fee in Kuban will make 10 roubles per day per person

  In 2018, authorities of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) expect to receive about 270 million roubles by collecting the resort fee at a rate of 10 roubles per tourist per day.

October 17, 2017 15:02

• ECtHR denies Amirov’s complaint against prison doctors

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found convincing the evidence provided by Russian authorities that Said Amirov, a former Mayor of Makhachkala, receives all the necessary medical care in the colony, where he serves his term.

October 17, 2017 14:21

• Doctors find Chechen woman suspected of beating up a five-year-old child mentally healthy

  The 51-year-old resident of Chechnya has stated that she was not aware of what she was doing when beating up her five-year-old relative girl, but doctors assert that she is mentally sane.

October 17, 2017 12:36

• Woman suspected of recruiting militants detained on Georgian border

  The foreign woman detained at the Verkhny Lars border checkpoint had urged people to join militants and helped them to leave for Syria, the North-Ossetian Frontier Authority reports.

October 17, 2017 08:17

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 105 cases of shelling

  During shelling on October 16-17, the Armenian armed forces used large-calibre machine guns, reported the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

October 17, 2017 06:49

• Armenian political analysts see no progress in Ilham Aliev’s talks with Serzh Sargsyan

  The statement by Ilham Aliev and Serzh Sargsyan does not reflect any concrete steps to reduce tension and resolve the conflict. This opinion has been expressed by political observer Stepan Safaryan. The progress is being hampered by the position of Russia, believes expert Ruben Megrabyan.

October 17, 2017 01:12

• Source makes public names of all four detained Dagestanis

  Dagestani natives Khidirnabi Kazuev, Samir Ibragimov, Gabibula Khalduzov, and Albert Khasbolatov are detained on the suspicion of involvement in the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia. This has been reported by a source.

October 16, 2017 23:49

• "Russian LGBT Network" links Chechen singer Bakaev’s disappearance with persecution of gays

  Zelimkhan Bakaev, a singer, was detained in Chechnya because of suspicions of his homosexuality; after his disappearance, several show business figures were beaten up to knock out confessions about their intimate ties with Bakaev, said Igor Kochetkov, the head of the Russian LGBT Network.

October 16, 2017 20:07

• Rights defenders: investigators are passive in gay Lapunov’s case

  For four weeks, there were no investigative actions on the statement Maxim Lapunov, a gay detained in Chechnya, Igor Kalyapin, the head of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), has stated.

October 16, 2017 19:54

• Ruslan Gvashev announces intent to go on struggling for his rights

  Ruslan Gvashev’s defenders and relatives have treated the decision of the Krasnodar Territorial Court on his case as unjustified and absurd. Gvashev himself said that he was gaining strength for the further struggle for his rights, but he would not plan go on a hunger strike.

October 16, 2017 18:29

• Gay detained in Chechnya publicly tells about torture for the first time

  Maxim Lapunov said that in March this year he was detained in Chechnya and spent 12 days in the cellar, where he was beaten up.

October 16, 2017 17:22

• Abkhazian group of Gvashev’s supporters detained in Adygea for four hours

  Today, fifteen supporters of Ruslan Gvashev from Abkhazia, who were travelling to Krasnodar in order to attend the trial of his case, spent four hours at the police station of the village of Enem in the Republic of Adygea. Activists from Kabardino-Balkaria were allowed by the police to continue their travel after the trial was over.

October 16, 2017 16:16

• CIT: nine mercenaries from "Wagner's PMC" killed in Syria

  At least nine mercenaries from the private military company known as "Wagner's PMC", including a native of the Volzhsky town in the Volgograd Region, were killed in Syria in August and September. This was reported by the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT). The "Wagner's PMC" attracts people by promises of good earnings, explained residents of the Rostov Region.

October 16, 2017 14:24

• In Krasnodar, Court upholds fine to Ruslan Gvashev (+video)

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has dismissed the complaint filed by Ruslan Gvashev, who was fined for praying at the Tulip Tree. Advocates will appeal against the Court's decision.

October 16, 2017 12:30

• On October 9-15, 2017, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of October 9-15, 2017, two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

October 16, 2017 11:05

• "Kommersant": IS militants confess to plotting massacre in Makhachkala

  Natives of Dagestan detained in Moscow and Makhachkala were plotting attacks on participants of the World Festival of Youth and Students, reported a source.

October 16, 2017 09:39

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine-gun attacks

  On October 15-16, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime 118 times, reported the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

October 16, 2017 09:05

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 9-15

  Entry into force of the verdict in the Nemtsov murder case; ECtHR’s decision on the complaint of relatives of the murdered residents of the Chechen village of Novye Aldy; overcoming the Georgian President’s veto on country’s draft constitution; appointment of a new head of Abkhazian MIA; detention of officer Khudyakov, who had been hiding for almost a decade; major fire in the commodity marketplace in Rostov-on-Don, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 9-15, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 16, 2017 05:52

• ICRC launches business programme for refugees from Talish village

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which provides assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Karabakh village of Talish, has decided to reduce the dependence of refugees' family members from financial assistance and invited them to take part in collective microeconomic projects.

October 15, 2017 20:25

• Relatives of prisoners sentenced for attack on Nalchik emphasize need for reconciliation

  Twelve years after the attack on Nalchik, the reconciliation between relatives of the killed law enforcers and militants is needed, emphasize relatives of the people sentenced for the attack. They complained of pressure on their families and violation of the rights of prisoners in penal colonies.